Improvement in boots and shoes



W. H. TOWERS.

BOOT AND SHOE.

No. 88,824. Patented Apr. 18.1889.

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WILLIAM H. TOWERS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 88,824, dated April 13, 1869.

DIPROVEMENT IN BOOTS AND SHOES. M

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o! the um# y T0 u t whom the Presents 37W come: l, sent an impervious barrier to the passage of moisture Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. TOWERS, of Bosi at or near the edges of the inner sole. This, however, is ton, in the county of Sublk, and State of Massachua matter of degree, and in nowise limiting or aiecting setts, have made an invention of anew and useful mthe character of my invention, the main condition of rovement iu the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes; 'f which consists in producing a continuous impervious and do hereby declare the following to be afull,clear, covering for the whole or a major portion of the foot,

and exact description thereof, due reference being'hat f including the sole,'and from thence upward. to the accompanying drawings, making part of this The lining D, formed and applied as described, is to specification, and in whichbe composed preferably pf a textile fabric, treated by Figure 1 is a vertical and longitudinal section, and a material or composition impervious t moisture.

Figure 2, a vertical-and transverse section of a laf I am aware that previous to my present invention, dys cloth boot,embodying my invention or improvevarious waterproof.iuner soles have been made which ment. protect only thebottom of the foot of the wearer, but

The invention comprising the subject-matter of these do Anot prevent ingress of moisture to the interior of Letters Patent relates to means for insuring perfect prothe boot.

tection for the feet of a person against external moist- I am alsoaware that a cord, composed of a waterure, by providing a boot or shoe with a water-proof proof material, has been sewed into -the seams which lining, which shall cover the sole, and partially or unite the soleaud .upper of a boot.

wholly envelop the foot of the wearer, and form an So far as my knowledge extends, however, nothing impervious casing for the same. has been done heretoihre which provides a continuous This invention, which is mainly intended for applicaimpervious covering to the entire foot, or a greater portion to cloth boots, consists, primarily, in forming the tion thereof, as accomplished by my invention. lining of aboot, or some classes of shoes, of a water- A boot, made as contemplated by my invention, posrooi' material; and secondly, in continuing such lining sesses the-advantage of being impervious to external beyond the lower edges or outlines of the upper, and moisture, without the disagreeable sensations and couin overlapping suoli excess of the lining upon the sequences resulting from the use of india rubber, as at outer or under surface of the inner sole, by this means present. creating acontinuous impervious covering to the en- Claims, tire foot, or a greater portion thereof.

In the drawings before mentioned, as accompanying l I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letthis specification, and which illustrate my'invention, ters Patent of the United States- A denotes a ladys cloth boot, of whichB is the upper, 1. Providing a boot or shoe with an entire wateror body, and C, the sole, the lining being shown at D, lproof or impervious lining, applied so as to underlap such pai-,ts being made and combined in the usual manbetween the inner and outer soles, and' avoid a. seam at ner with the exception of the lining. or near the joining of the sole and upper of the boot In carrying out my invention, I enlarge the lining, or shoe, substantially as set forth. and extend it beyoudthelower edges of the upper, and 2. A bootor shoe, made with a continuous lining, I. overlap such extended edges a aof the lining upon t ie so as to envelop the body of the foot,'snbstantially as under surface of the inner sole b,ai`id so as to entirely described.

cover such inner sole from end to end thereof, by this WM. H. TOWERS. means providing a joint which moisture cannot pass Witnesses: to reach the foot. Guo. A. Louise,

The edges of the lining should lap suiciently to pre- FRED. Oun'ris. 

